to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
near oneself; close to one; familiar
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
back country; remote countryside
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
of tender years; very young
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
coyote (carnivore, Canis latrans)
moderately wealthy person
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
(medical) doctor; physician
same; similar; (just) like; equal
boarding house; school dormitory
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; (lit.) a walking stick before stumbling
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
parental love or affection
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
to need; to demand; to take; to require